The Hoosac Institute Journal #5

Screenshot_2020-07-03 journal 5 — The Hoosac InstituteIf you haven’t encountered The Hoosac Institute, you are in for a treat. I am delighted to be included in Journal 5. 😄 “The Hoosac Institute is a curated platform for text and image focusing on pieces that don’t fit conventional disciplinary narratives.” Girl, do I feel at home in that genre category. So many in-between and not-quite-realized ideas by brilliant folks can be found here. My contribution is a new film trailer (Trailer II, 2020) for Survivalist Cinema, made from fragments of 1970s eco disaster and survivalist films processed with analog tools at Signal Culture. More on the trailers here.

Deep thanks to Jenny Perlin, Director and mastermind, of course. I am a true fan of her work.

Also take note of the excellent hashtag navigation:

Foundations of Digital Art and Design (+ Oyster City)

If I were teaching a foundations digital media course right now I would use this great new book by Xtine Burrough, Foundations of Digital Art and Design, published by Peachpit Press/Pearson. The book, which “combines lessons in Bauhaus-inspired design principles and theories with histories and examples of digital art for learners using Adobe Creative Cloud” leads the learner on a path that gracefully traverses conceptual and art thinking while developing technical skills. It is easy to get lost in the how-to and wow of software when you are learning, so I greatly appreciate this take on the process. And I am proud that Oyster City, our AR walking tour and game about the history and future of oysters in NYC,  is included in the introduction. Here’s xtine’s blog, DesignEducator.info.

Unmonumental

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I have been collecting images of found sculpture for a few years now. Judging from the inaugural exhibition at the New Museum in NYC is seems that this genre of sculpture is called Unmonumental. There are others that collect found sculpture under the rubric Unmonumental as well, like Joy Garnett at her blog Newsgrist.